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NEWPORT NEWS—Malik Spencer is hoping to transform his community, with the help of one neighbor at a time. The 15-year-old Southeast Newport News resident is one of 45 teenagers from across the city who will, over the next three years, attempt to learn what's most important to his neighbors and work to see that some of those changes are made. "This is where I live, and I know it can be better than this," Spencer said on a recent Monday as he went door-to-door in his neighborhood asking residents to participate in a five-question survey. He said so far most of his neighbors are glad to share their opinions. "I rarely come across people who say...

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NEWPORT NEWS—Malik Spencer is hoping to transform his community, with the help of one neighbor at a time.
The 15-year-old Southeast Newport News resident is one of 45 teenagers from across the city who will, over the next three years, attempt to learn...

If you think you'll be bored in Hampton Roads, try a few of these:
American Rover. Sightseeing and party cruises on a tall ship. Narrated sailings and dinner cruises daily, rain or shine. Cruising mid-April through late October. Reservations...

HAMPTON – When Jerod Mayo was just a kid, the kindness of strangers helped buoy his spirits and fill the bellies of his family. He's never forgotten.
Now he's trying to return the favor.
Mayo, a Kecoughtan High graduate who is about to begin his seventh...

WILLIAMSBURG – It sits in a corner of York County, just off Route 199, next to the York River in the heart of the “Historic Triangle”—Yorktown, Williamsburg and Jamestown. The land is rich in history, from the first settlers in the New World and the...

Saturday, in case you didn't know it, is National Roller Coaster Day.
Yes, yes, we know. They have a "national day" or "national week" for everything now. Who can keep up?
But National Roller Coaster Day is a pretty cool one, you'd...

More than 50 Southeast Community residents attended Tuesday's City Council meeting to express their desperate need for a grocery store in that part of town, which is now considered a food desert.Several people asked council members to do anything they can...

A charity created by NFL quarterback and Newport News native Michael Vick will host a back-to-school supply drive Saturday at the North Phoebus Community Center from noon to 4 p.m.
"New school supplies help promote confidence in the classroom,"...

Though playing together for the first time, Jim Gallagher of Yorktown and Jim Nirich of Catlett looked like a dream team in the opening round of the VSGA Senior Four-ball Championship last Wednesday. But would that change the next day when they were...

There are all kinds of activities that go on in your neighborhood community centers. Some may very well surprise you.
Consider the "Happy Hookers," for example. The group of senior women gathers weekly at the Hampton Senior Center to provide...

Wrestling:
Smithfield took the Group 4A Conference 19 meet championship Saturday with 217.5 points, followed by Tabb with 195, Powhatan with 156, Jamestown with 118 and Grafton with 108.
Individual champions included Smithfield's Stanley Smeltzer (138),...

The semi-pro Virginia Crusaders won their third Mason-Dixon Football League championship Saturday in Williamsburg, defeating the New Jersey Broncos 38-24 at Wanner Stadium.The Crusaders are 13-1, including a few lopsided victories. Their only loss was...

Have you ever thought about becoming a beekeeper?
There's good reason to seriously consider this backyard pastime.
Bees pollinate our food crops, make honey for us and generally benefit the balance of nature, according to Pete Ostrowski, president of...

HAMPTON — It's everyone's nightmare: Your pants falling down for all to see. For Mark Wilson, it had become routine.Standing 6-feet tall but weighing maybe 130 pounds, he had roughly the same build as one of the uprights on the goal post. And try as he...

DELTAVILLE — John Cougill was settling down for dinner with his son Cameron around 7 p.m. Saturday at their home overlooking Sturgeon Creek when he noticed the water in the creek churning.
The shrimp were on the table with a bowl of green beans and...

News release from the City of Hampton:
The Fort Monroe Authority and the City of Hampton are pleased to announce a joint agreement to open the Engineers Fishing Pier at Fort Monroe on December 9. In the agreement, the City of Hampton will assume the...

With the onset of the gardening season, many homeowners are ready to start gardening, and the Chesapeake Bay Program’s “Plant More Plants” campaign can help with a series of simple downloadable landscape plans. The plans are free for...

Victoria Justice, star of Nickelodeon's hit TV show "Victorious," will perform at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg on Sunday evening, part of a six-week tour of theme parks and state fairs. Justice, 19, is touring with a five-piece...

If you think you'll be bored in Hampton Roads, try a few of these activities:American Rover. Sightseeing and party cruises on a tall ship. Narrated sailings and dinner cruises daily, rain or shine. Cruising mid-April through late October. Waterside,...